Bayou Roux aims to spice the night

Friday

HOUMA — Local cooks plan to put their Cajun culinary skills to the test during the first Bayou Roux Cook-Off, set for 6 to 10 tonight in Courthouse Square in downtown Houma.

The event, put on by the Houma Regional Arts Council, offers homegrown chefs, average Joes and others a chance to show off their best soups, stews and any other concoction made with a roux.

Admission is free.

Crowds can test the entries for $2 per tasting and enjoy a free live show by Errol and the Blues Boys as part of Downtown Live After 5, a regular outdoor concert series held in downtown Houma.

Guests also can browse work by local and visiting artists, to be displayed beneath the oaks lining Courthouse Square.

The event coincides with the annual Halloween parade organized by South Louisiana Center for the Arts. The parade is set to roll through downtown Houma between 7 and 8 p.m.

Following the parade, the arts council plans to show Halloween-themed cartoons, such as “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” and a television show about local artists created by the Gray-based Louisiana Connection Network.

The arts council organized the Bayou Roux Cook-Off through a grant awarded by the World Cultural Economic Forum, a New Orleans-based event organized by Louisiana Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu. The program offered grants to communities to host cultural events.

For information, call the Houma Regional Arts Council at 873-6367, e-mail artevents@houmaterrebonne.org or visit www.houmaterrebonne.org.

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